 | John George Wood - Natural history - 1855 - 478 pages
...Lost," alludes to this habit. Speaking of Satan under the disguise of the Cormorant, he tells that he, -on the tree of life, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat." The Cormorant is easily tamed, and its fishing propensities can be turned to good account. The Chinese,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 202 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, 195 Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 198 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So sinee into his ehureh lewd hirelings elimb. Thenee up he flew, and on the tree of life, — The middle tree and highest there that grew, 1g5 Sat lite a eormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So sinee into his ehureh lewd hirelings elimb. Thenee up he flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a eormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived ; nor on the... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...grand thief into God's fold; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew; and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who lived; nor on the virtue thought... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1861 - 432 pages
...made him cousin-german to the serpent in that fine passage where we see the malignant spirit as he On the middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. Now, there is nothing akin to evil in this bird's disposition ; he is very gentle, and easily domesticated,... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...grand thief into God's fold : So since into his church lewd hireling's climb. Thence up lie flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd ; nor on the virtue... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 366 pages
...God's fold; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Lif -, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived ; nor on the virtue thought... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 650 pages
...of Satan's entrance — i " So clomb this first grand thief into God's fold. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant." — (B. iv.) Afterwards the guardian angels, Ithuriel and Zephon, are represented hastening — " To... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew ; and on the Tree of Life, (The middle tree and highest there that grew,) Sat like a cormorant : yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived ; nor on the virtue... | |
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Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant... 
